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CPB Certified Professional Biller
Certification Exam Study Guide
Abuse - ANSWER✔✔-Actions inconsistent with accepted, sound medical business or fiscal practice
Accept Assignment - ANSWER✔✔-Provider accepts as payment in full whatever is paid on the cliam by
the payer (except for any copayment and or coinsurance amounts.)
Accounts Receivable - ANSWER✔✔-The amount owed to a business for services or goods provided.
Accounts Receivable Aging Report - ANSWER✔✔-Shows the status (by date) of outstanding claims from
each payer, as well as payments due from patients.
Accounts Receivable Management - ANSWER✔✔-Assists Providers in the collection of appropriate
reimbursement for services rendered; include functions such as insurance verification/eligibility and
preauthorization of services.
Accreditation - ANSWER✔✔-Voluntary Process that a healthcare facility or organization (e.g. hospital or
manged care plan) undergoes to demonstarte that it has met standards beyond those required by law.
Adjudication - ANSWER✔✔-Judicial dispuite resolution process in which an appeals board makes a final
determination.
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Adjusted Claim - ANSWER✔✔-payment correction resulting in additional payment(s) to the provider.
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) - ANSWER✔✔-Document that acknowledges patient responsiblity for
payment if Medicare denies the cliam.
Adverse Effect - ANSWER✔✔-Also called adverse reaction; the appearance of a pathologic condition due
to ingestion r exposure to a chemical substance properly administered or taken.
Adverse Reaction - ANSWER✔✔-Also called adverse effect; the appearance of a pathologic condition due
to ingestion r exposure to a chemical substance properly administered or taken.
Adverse Selection - ANSWER✔✔-Covering members who are sicker then the general population.
Allowable Charge - ANSWER✔✔-see limiting charge; maximum fee a physician may charge.
Allowed Charge - ANSWER✔✔-The Maximum amount the payer will reimburse for each procedure or
service, according to the patients policy.
All Patient Diagnosis-Related Group (AP-DRG) - ANSWER✔✔-DRG system adapted for use by third-party
payers to reimburse hospitals for inpatient care provided to non-Medicare beneficiaries (e.g. Blue Cross
Blue Shield, commercial health plans, TRICARE); DRG assignment is based on intensity of resources.
All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Group (ARP-DRG) - ANSWER✔✔-Adopted by Medicare in 2008 to
reimburse hospitals for inpatient care provided to Medicare beneficiaries; expanded originial DRG
system (based on intensity of resources) to add two subclasses to each DRG that adjusts Medicare
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inpatient hospital reimbursement rates for severity of illness (SOI) (extent of physiological
decompensation or organ system loss of function) and risk of mortality (ROM) (likelihood of dying); each
subclass, in turn, is subdivided into four areas: (1) minor, (2) moderate, (3) major, (4) extreme.
Ambulance Fee Schedule - ANSWER✔✔-Payment system for ambulance services provided to Medicare
Beneficiaries.
Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) - ANSWER✔✔-Prospective payment system used to calculate
reimbursement for outpatient care according to similar clinical characteristics and in terms of resources
required.
Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) - ANSWER✔✔-State Licensed Medicare-certified supplier (not
provider) of surgical healthcare services that must accept assignment on Medicare Claims.
Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Rate - ANSWER✔✔-Predetermined amount for which ASC services
are reimbursed, at 80 percent after adjument for regional wage variations.
Amendment to the HMO Act of 1973 - ANSWER✔✔-Legislation that allowed federally qualified HMOs to
permit members to occasionally use non HMO physicians and be partially reimbursed.
American Academy of Processional Coders (AAPC) - ANSWER✔✔-Professional association established to
provide a national certification and credentialing process, to support the national and local membership
by providing educational products and opportunities to network, and to increase and promote national
recognition and awareness of professional coding.
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
CPB Certified Professional Biller
Certification Exam Study Guide
Abuse - ANSWER✔✔-Actions inconsistent with accepted, sound medical business or fiscal practice
Accept Assignment - ANSWER✔✔-Provider accepts as payment in full whatever is paid on the cliam by
the payer (except for any copayment and or coinsurance amounts.)
Accounts Receivable - ANSWER✔✔-The amount owed to a business for services or goods provided.
Accounts Receivable Aging Report - ANSWER✔✔-Shows the status (by date) of outstanding claims from
each payer, as well as payments due from patients.
Accounts Receivable Management - ANSWER✔✔-Assists Providers in the collection of appropriate
reimbursement for services rendered; include functions such as insurance verification/eligibility and
preauthorization of services.
Accreditation - ANSWER✔✔-Voluntary Process that a healthcare facility or organization (e.g. hospital or
manged care plan) undergoes to demonstarte that it has met standards beyond those required by law.
Adjudication - ANSWER✔✔-Judicial dispuite resolution process in which an appeals board makes a final
determination.
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Adjusted Claim - ANSWER✔✔-payment correction resulting in additional payment(s) to the provider.
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) - ANSWER✔✔-Document that acknowledges patient responsiblity for
payment if Medicare denies the cliam.
Adverse Effect - ANSWER✔✔-Also called adverse reaction; the appearance of a pathologic condition due
to ingestion r exposure to a chemical substance properly administered or taken.
Adverse Reaction - ANSWER✔✔-Also called adverse effect; the appearance of a pathologic condition due
to ingestion r exposure to a chemical substance properly administered or taken.
Adverse Selection - ANSWER✔✔-Covering members who are sicker then the general population.
Allowable Charge - ANSWER✔✔-see limiting charge; maximum fee a physician may charge.
Allowed Charge - ANSWER✔✔-The Maximum amount the payer will reimburse for each procedure or
service, according to the patients policy.
All Patient Diagnosis-Related Group (AP-DRG) - ANSWER✔✔-DRG system adapted for use by third-party
payers to reimburse hospitals for inpatient care provided to non-Medicare beneficiaries (e.g. Blue Cross
Blue Shield, commercial health plans, TRICARE); DRG assignment is based on intensity of resources.
All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Group (ARP-DRG) - ANSWER✔✔-Adopted by Medicare in 2008 to
reimburse hospitals for inpatient care provided to Medicare beneficiaries; expanded originial DRG
system (based on intensity of resources) to add two subclasses to each DRG that adjusts Medicare
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inpatient hospital reimbursement rates for severity of illness (SOI) (extent of physiological
decompensation or organ system loss of function) and risk of mortality (ROM) (likelihood of dying); each
subclass, in turn, is subdivided into four areas: (1) minor, (2) moderate, (3) major, (4) extreme.
Ambulance Fee Schedule - ANSWER✔✔-Payment system for ambulance services provided to Medicare
Beneficiaries.
Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) - ANSWER✔✔-Prospective payment system used to calculate
reimbursement for outpatient care according to similar clinical characteristics and in terms of resources
required.
Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) - ANSWER✔✔-State Licensed Medicare-certified supplier (not
provider) of surgical healthcare services that must accept assignment on Medicare Claims.
Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Rate - ANSWER✔✔-Predetermined amount for which ASC services
are reimbursed, at 80 percent after adjument for regional wage variations.
Amendment to the HMO Act of 1973 - ANSWER✔✔-Legislation that allowed federally qualified HMOs to
permit members to occasionally use non HMO physicians and be partially reimbursed.
American Academy of Processional Coders (AAPC) - ANSWER✔✔-Professional association established to
provide a national certification and credentialing process, to support the national and local membership
by providing educational products and opportunities to network, and to increase and promote national
recognition and awareness of professional coding.
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